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MUMBAI: European Union has introduced volume restrictions on MP3 players fearing that listening to the portable music players at high volume could cause hearing damage. Studies found some portable music players have a sound level of beyond 115 decibels - a noise to which workers are not allowed to be exposed for more than 30 seconds. Now the European Union is ready to tell firms such as iPod maker Apple to turn down the volume after a big rise in young people seeking help for hearing problems.
read moreMUMBAI: iStore by Reliancedigital which houses the entire range of Apple products for the professional and consumer segments has opened has two more iStores in Mumbai. With this launch the total number of iStore by Reliancedigital in the city goes to four. iStore by Reliancedigital as an Apple Premium Reseller will be among the first to display any newly launched Apple products in India. iStore is also the largest chain of Apple Premium Reseller for Apple in India and has presence in Pune, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Ludhiana, Jaipur and Mumbai.
read moreMUMBAI: After the last copyright hearing on 26 August, the Copyright Board commenced its hearing on the music royalty issue between the radio and music industry on Monday. During the last hearing that lasted from 24 to 26 August, the radio industry had expressed its displeasure over the slow procedure adopted by the music industry. In the first hearing today, only two radio witnesses were examined by the music industry. The hearing will last for two days and a few radio witnesses will be questioned.
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MUMBAI: The Indian Music Academy announced the names of six winners from among 18 finalists of its national level talent hunt on 12 December 2009. S Akash (12 yrs, Flute) Gurpreet Kaur (23yrs, Santoor) Kakali Bhattacharya (32 yrs, Thumri) Ramendra Singh Solanki (22 yrs, Tabla) Prabhakar - 27yrs and Divakar Kashyap - 25 yrs (Hindustani classical vocal) and S Jananiy (18 yrs, Carnatic vocal) are the chosen six.
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MUMBAI: The Maharashtra team comprising Vaishali Mhade, Rohit Raut and Kaushik was declared winners of Zee TV's Hero Honda SaReGaMaPa MegaChallenge on Friday evening.
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MUMBAI: Composer Sandeep Chowta in past few years have brought down some phenomenal musicians to India as a part of the Sandeep Chowta projects - from Frank Gambale to Virgil Donati. The latest in the line are the Jeff & The Jackets who are scheduled to perform on 14 December 2009 in Mumbai
read moreMUMBAI: Meow FM has appointed Adhir Bhogte as national sales head. Based out of Mumbai, Bhogte will assume office on 14 December and will report to India Today Group CEO Ashish Bagga. Confirming the development to Indiantelevision.com Bhogte says, "Yes, I will be joining Meow FM as national sales head." Prior to this, Bhogte was MTV head sales, West and South for 13 months and was also involved in the sales planning for Colors for three months. Previously, he was associated with Radio City for four years.
read moreMUMBAI: To cash on the growing digital market, Odyssey, the wholly owned subsidiary of Deccan Chronicle Holdings is all set to flag off a music portal- �Odyssey 360o' early next year. The music portal is an extension of Odyssey's retail chain store which houses plethora of music varying from classical music to international hits. As the website claims- From Beatles to Balasubramanium, Yanni to Yesudas, Sting to Srinivas, choose your favourite album at snail pace.
read moreMUMBAI: Hungama Digital has partnered antipiracy crusader M M Satish's organisation, Global IPR Foundation to organise an anti piracy event on 16 December 2009 in association with JW Marriot. To be hosted at Marriot post 10 pm, the event will showcase performances by Himesh Reshammiya, Shibani Kashyap, Band of Boys and DJ Akbar Sami. It will be attended by TV actors, honchos from the music labels, digital sphere and film personalities including Sanjay Dutt and Bappi Lahiri.
read moreMUMBAI: All India Radio will broadcast live commentary alternately in Hindi and English of the India vs SriLanka T-20/ODI Cricket Series -2009 as per following schedule : Date Timings(IST) Venue 09 Dec 2009 1700-2030* 1st Twenty 20 International Nagpur 12 Dec 2009 1700-2030* 2nd Twenty 20 International Mohali 15 Dec 2009 0830-1700* First ODI Rajkot 18 Dec 2009 1400-2230* Second ODI Visakhapatnam 21 Dec 2009 1400-2230* Third ODI Cuttack 24 Dec 2009 1400-2230* Fourth ODI Kolkata
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MUMBAI: Deceased pop star Michael Jackson along with Leonard Cohen, Bobby Darin, Loretta Lynn, Clark Terry, Dave Edwards and Andre Previn will be awarded a lifetime achievement Grammy, the US Recording Academy has announced. The lifetime achievement awards will be handed out on 30 January, a day before the main awards ceremony.
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MUMBAI: Prepare for a musical experience as Samarth Swarup gears up for the release of his upcoming EP “Sama". Produced by Bhushan Kumar, the EP...read more
MUMBAI: Norwood Fisher (Fishbone) has assembled a team of friends for a new project called The Familyhood Nextperience. The collective's debut single...read more
MUMBAI: After captivating fans with his Coachella performance, international pop sensation Justin Bieber stirred concern when he shared tearful...read more
